A new report in the Economist magazine talks about the great demand for executives and other top talent for companies responding to the Green movement.
In the article, Peter Rothstein, a venture capitalist, says “A lack of talent, especially entrepreneurial talent, was one of the biggest bottlenecks to growth we identified in the clean-tech industry.”
Read the [...]
“The Bottom Line of Diversity”
Tuesday, May 6, 12 noon
KCCI/APEX/The Northland Works/Minnesota Power Economic Development Brown Bag
Minnesota Power Building, Room 140,
30 West Superior Street, Duluth.
Who Can Come? Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE!
How? Bring your own lunch and enjoy the conversation.
Don’t look now, but the Twin Ports population is becoming more diverse every day. Major [...]
The Duluth News Tribune ran a story about being a year into the KCCI project on Sunday, generally praising the work and noting that real change will happen over a longer period of time.
“Positive Change Is on the Way” is here.
Community leaders had some significant praise for the project in their comments. Among them:
“I think [...]
One way of cutting the costs of owning a car, and finding ways to walk, bike, carpool and use public transit, is to create ways of having a car when you really need a car.
Now there are two operations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to do just that. The Pioneer Press has a story today.
Even [...]
A team of Duluth area economic developers have worked out a deal with Visi, Inc. The company announced Thursday that construction will begin soon and be complete by next Spring.
Economic development experts are thrilled by the development because while Visi will employ only a few people at first, the services it will provide will open [...]
A new report from the Brookins Institute says that efforts to clean up the Great Lakes will have a huge economic benefits for the cities that live alongside. For Example, Duluth could see a benefit of $200 million.
See the press release here.
Or for more details straight from the Brookins Institute, read their report here.
One of the things our group has liked about working with the ideas of Richard Florida for Duluth is that they are not inherently partisan. Both Conservatives and Liberals can find things to like — and dislike — about his work.
For example, in his discussion of the four T-s — Talent, Technology, Tolerance, and Territory [...]
Our colleagues in Charlotte, NC are plowing ahead with their own initiatives:
The initiatives are:
e-Merging Arts
Creativity Festival
The Blog
The Green 100
International Corridor
Third Space
They’ve got a fair number of details posted on their own website:
Here’s a summary of their work:
-Merging Arts
e-Merging Arts is focused on building a bridge between local emerging artists and potential buyers. Too often, emerging [...]
Dayton Ohio is the latest community to partner with Richard Florida to think about ways the city can better attract the Creative Class.
Read a story here from the Dayton Daily News.
According to the story, Dayton has adopted five projects:
• Film Dayton: Launch a film festival in Dayton, establishing a seed fund for aspiring movie makers [...]
Business North has a long feature story about the Sustainable Twin Ports “Natural Step” project and the roots of the program.
Wayne Nelson of Business North did some reporting on how using the Natural Step helped the economy of Canmore, Alberta reinvent itself after downturns in the mining industry sent the economy there into a tailspin.
Today, [...]
